Overview
ePlus is looking for a Splunk Engineer for an opportunity in Washington D.C. This position will be remote until further notice. SUMMARY The Splunk Engineer will support the full system engineering life-cycle, including requirements analysis, design, development, implementation, integration, test, and documentation. The Splunk Engineer will follow defined best practices and operational workflows. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES The Splunk Engineer should be proficient with recognizing and onboarding new data sources into Splunk, analyzing the data for anomalies and trends, and building dashboards highlighting the key trends of the data. The Splunk engineer should be proficient within a Linux environment, editing and maintaining Splunk configuration files and apps. The Splunk Engineer will assist with providing engineering, and administration in supporting a very large distributed clustered Splunk environment consisting of search heads, indexers, deployers, deployment servers, heavyuniversal forwarders and Splunk Enterprise Security premuim app, spanning security, performance, and operational roles. The Splunk engineer will assist the Enterprise Splunk team, Cybersecurity Engineering team members and will be required to interact with end users to gather requirements, perform troubleshooting, and provide assistance with the creation of Splunk search queries and dashboards. The Splunk engineer will be required interact with management, as necessary. Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, Cyber Security, or related field. Minimum of 5 years of professional experience. 2 years of experience in a Splunk engineering role supporting SOC or NOC environments 2 Years of experience in Linux and SQLODBC interfaces 1 Years of experience in app interface development, using REST APIs Experience with Ansible and GIT Knowledge of Splunk Clustering. Ability to follow Change Configuration Management Strong problem-solving abilities with an analytic and qualitative eye for reasoning under pressure Self-starter with the ability to independently prioritize and complete multiple tasks with little to no supervision Ability to script in one more of the following computer languages Python, Bash, Visual Basic or Powershell Splunk Certified Administrator Certification PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Experience in SQL Current or former completed Splunk training Experience in automating Splunk Deployments and orchestration with in a Cloud environment Experience in linux environment Splunk Certified Architect Certification ePlus inc. is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. ePlus inc. promotes affirmative action for minorities, women, disabled persons, and veterans